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A lustrous metal has the heat capacities as a function of temperature shown in Table 1-4 where the integers are temperatures and the floating point numbers (numbers with decimal points) are heat capacities. Print the curve of Cp vs. T and Cp/T vs. T and determine the entropy of the metal at 298 K assuming no phase changes over the interval [0, 298]. Use as many of the methods described above as feasible. If you do not have a plotting program, draw the curves by hand. Scan a table of standard entropy values and decide what the metal might he. 

The format markers in Eile 4-lb are at intervals of five spaces each. Thus the entire file might be thought of as a 10 x 67 matrix with row 1 containing the integers 6 and 4 in columns 65 and 67 and zeros elsewhere. (In EORTRAN, a blank is read as a zero.) Row 5 has the floating point number 2. in columns 4 and 5. Both the 2 and the. (decimal point) occupy a column. Row 5 column 35 contains the integer 2 and so on. 

Rule I. The characteristic of any number greater than 1 is one less than the number of digits before the decimal point. 

Rule II. The characteristic of a number less than 1 is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, and writing —10 after the result. 

Mantissa of a Common Logarithm of a Number. An important consequence of the use of base 10 is that the mantissa of a number is independent of the position of the decimal point. Thus 93 600, 93.600, 0.000 936, all have the same mantissa. Hence in Tables of Common Logarithms only mantissas are given. A five-place table gives the values of the mantissa correct to five places of decimals. 

Refractice index may be either the sodium yellow line (589.3 nm) or the hehum line (587.6 nm). Values at these wavelengths do not vary in the first three places beyond the decimal point. 

If results of runaway cases were disregarded and the one very low result wi h decimal point error neglected, the rest of the results were... 

For releases to any medium that amount to 1,000 pounds or more forthe year, you must provide an estimate in pounds per year in column A.2. Any estimate provided in column A.2 should be reported to no more than two significant figures. This estimate should be in whole numbers. Do not use decimal points. 

The significant digits of a number are tlie digits from tlie first nonzero digit on tlie left to eitlier (a) the last digit (whetlier it is a nonzero or zero) on tlie right if tliere is a decimal point, or (b) tlie last nonzero digit of the number if tliere is no decimal point. For example ... 

The new line illustrates an important point about numeric values within Z-matrices. Since they correspond to floating point quantities, they must include a decimal point, as in the value above. This is true even for a value of 0. 

The dihedral with respect to the C-C single bond is 0°. Note that the decimal point must be included. ... 

At this point, spectroscopists and molecular modellers part company because they have very different aims. Spectroscopists want to describe the vibradons of a molecule to the last possible decimal point, and their problem is how a force field should be determined as accurately as possible from a set of experimental vibrational frequencies and absorption intensities. This problem is well understood, and is discussed in definitive textbooks such as that by Wilson, Decius and Cross (1955). 

Temperatures are average existing at 40 latitude and are rounded to even numbers. jNegative exponent shows number of spaces the decimal point must be moved to the left. Courtesy Ingersoil-Rand Co. 

When measured quantities are added or subtracted, the uncertainty in the result is found in a quite different way than when they are multiplied and divided. It is determined by counting the number of decimal places, that is, the number of digits to the right of the decimal point for each measured quantity. When measured quantities are added or subtracted, the number of decimal places in the result is the same as that in the quantity with the greatest uncertainty and hence the smallest number of decimal places. 

Because there are no digits after the decimal point in the mass of water, there are none in the total mass. Looking at it another way, we can say that the total mass, 266 g, has an uncertainty of 1 g, as does the mass of water, the quantity with the greatest uncertainty. 

In taking the inverse logarithm of a number, retain as many significant figures as there are after the decimal point in the number. Thus... 

The digits that appear before (to the left of) the decimal point specify the value of n, that is, the power of 10 involved in the expression. In that sense, they are not experimentally significant. In contrast, the digits that appear after (to the right of) the decimal point specify the value of the logarithm of C the number of such digits reflects the uncertainty in C. Thus,... 

The following data uses the decimal point (that is, a dot, as used in the USA) rather than... 

Temperalures are average existing al 40° latitude and are rounded lo even numbers. jNegalive exponent shows number of spaces Ihe decimal point must be moved lo Ihe left. Courtesy Ingersoll-Rand Co. 

A decimal may consist only of numbers to die right of the decimal point. This is called a decimal fraction. Examples of decimal fractions are 0.05, 0.6, and 0.002. 

A decimal may also have numbers to the left and right of die decimal point. This is called a mixed decimal fraction. Eixamples of mixed decimal fractions are 1.25, 2.5, and 7.5. 

To read a decimal, the position of die number to die left or right of die decimal point indicates how die decimal is to be expressed. 

The divisor is changed to a whole number. In this example, the decimal point is moved one place to Hie right so that 0.3 now becomes 3, which is a whole number. 

To multiply a whole number by a decimal, move the decimal point of the product (answer) as many places to the left as tiiere are places to die right of die decimal point. 

After moving die decimal point, die answer reads 25. 

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